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June 23rd, 2011

The cartoon creation process

The first question that I am going to answer: Describe your typical creative process… (Thanks Andy M).

As I do mainly cartoons I will describe the cartoon creation process in a diagram and then broken into stages:

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These are the stages I go through when doing a cartoon. I will say more about them another time.

Thinking of the idea
This is the most difficult part. If you mess this up the whole thing will be a disaster.

Doing a rough version
This is the most tricky aspect. If you botch this up the whole thing will be a fiasco.

Pencilling it in
This is the most challenging phase. If you muck this up the whole thing will be a catastrophe.

Inking it in
This is the most demanding stage. If you foul this up the whole thing will be a calamity.

Scanning it and editing it using the computer
This is the most arduous step. If you bungle this up the whole thing will be a debacle.

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8 Responses to “The cartoon creation process”


  1. Matt says:

    Not entirely implausible Mr Walker.
    Rgds, MB

  2. Grandmère Mimi says:

    Dave, the wonder is that you ever produce a cartoon, and excellent specimens at that.

  3. Margaret says:

    Wondrous – its amazing how every time I read your blog you have the capacity to bring a smile to my fact.

  4. Liz from the sewing room says:

    Similar process to making a frock really. Although I dont generally put pencil or ink on the actual garment, just the pattern.

  5. Bob Gould says:

    Dave, As usual, you have opened a very widely applicable can of worms. Such a useful thesaurus of adjectives meaning “hard” and/or “needed” could be greatly extended – for the next five, I’d suggest time-consuming, exhausting, worrying, crucial and indispensable.

  6. Ann says:

    This looks like the sermon writing process

  7. Brian says:

    I would say this is also a fair representation of government policy design and (non)implementation.

  8. John Cooper says:

    The final stage is sending to the people printing it – failure is fustrating but success brings a smile to many thousands of people!